May is Hepatitis Awareness Month, and every year on May 19th, National Hepatitis Testing Day serves as an important reminder that millions of people are living with viral hepatitis and may not ...
How do viruses do their job of infecting humans? Some of them are experts at evading the immune system so that it won't knock them out. Take hepatitis C, a sneaky and potentially deadly viral ...
The hepatitis B vaccine can reduce your risk of developing the infection. But up to 10% of people may not respond to this vaccine. They may need to take extra steps to avoid hep B exposure. The ...
Jordan Valley Health is offering free testing for Hepatitis C. It’s part of a nationwide effort to raise awareness of the ...
Social and emotional support can make a big difference in your journey with hepatitis C. A good support system may boost your well-being and help you stay healthy. With hep C, you may wonder what ...
Hepatitis A typically quickly resolves on its own without treatment. Very rarely, the viral condition may cause serious complications such as liver disease or liver failure, especially in older or ...
A screening test can determine if a person has an infection with hepatitis B. It involves a blood test that detects antigens and antibodies for hepatitis B virus (HBV). Hepatitis B, or hep B, is a ...
When you have hepatitis C, it’s possible to go for years without knowing you’re infected. If you feel fine, does that mean you don’t need to treat the infection? It’s important to understand how the ...
A well-characterized positive marker for hepatocellular differentiation would be a useful tool for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The recently commercially available Hep Par 1 ...
Get set for even more competition in the hepatitis C space. AbbVie’s Mavyret picked up FDA approval on Thursday as an 8-week treatment regardless of genotype, becoming the first such drug with the ...
Hepatocyte paraffin 1 (Hep Par 1), a murine monoclonal antibody, is widely used in surgical pathology practice to determine the hepatocellular origin of neoplasms. However, identity of the antigen for ...